32 S&W

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gpidaho posted this 03 March 2016

I had a chance to test fire for function a neat little 32 yesterday.  Chrissy my DIL was gifted a S&W topbreak 5 shot revolver.  (late 1800s or early 1900s from what I can find) It's nickel plated with faux pearl grips.  It's a little rough but function is good.  Interesting little revolver.   I NEED a 32.   Gp

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 03 March 2016

isn't that the one you hand to the burglar and ask him to shoot you ??

ken

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Brodie posted this 03 March 2016

No Ken, That's the one you put into the burglar's hand AFTER he is dead. Brodie

B.E.Brickey

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Ed Harris posted this 04 March 2016

The one you store loaded in a condom so that you can fire it without leaving cases around or GSR on your hands.

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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tturner53 posted this 04 March 2016

My old S&W .38 top break looks a lot like that. It still works fine, with really light loads. Not scary to shoot and I would not want to be on the wrong end of it at all! Just takes longer to know they're dead kinda thing. Anyway, take a look at Ruger's Single Six line for a fun .32. (My step-mom grew up in Chicago way back when. She used a little FN .25 acp a couple times to fend off dirt bags! Point is hardly anybody wants to get shot, at all, even a little bit.) 

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gpidaho posted this 04 March 2016

Tim: I would love to come across a Blackhawk convertible but no luck so far. I did see a 327 Fed. on Gun Broker (a Blackhawk) but $700 used seemed a little high for a used revolver. Chrissy's little pop gun was fun to shoot as a novelty, I'd never fired the old round before. I've advised her to stick with the Glock 17 I gave her for the bedside drawer. Gp

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M3 Mitch posted this 04 March 2016

You guys laugh at this gun all you want, I have a similar one in 38 S&W, 5 shot, it actually shoots minute of beer can out to 25 yards or so. Not for hot loads, but, for what it is, it's a fairly interesting gat.

FWIW I'm shooting a .360 133 grain Lyman bullet in it. Light load of Unique, I forget exactly how much. Starting load in the Lyman handbook.

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billglaze posted this 05 March 2016

FWIW, our club web site has an interesting analysis a man has made--best by far I've ever seen. He has detail studied some 2500 (!!) cases of defensive handgun usage, and has come up with answers that make great sense, that I've never before seen. He started out with a caliber-effectiveness study that led him to some pretty interesting conclusions. Our web site is RCGC which is Rockingham County Gun Club in North Carolina. The journey while in the web site is a little involved, but well worth the wandering, IMHO. Stay with it, you'll find it; people who have read it have, without exception, been highly enthusiastic.

Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 05 March 2016

rockingham club url

www.rcgc.club

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billglaze posted this 05 March 2016

Thanks, Ken;  I should have put that link in myself.  Did you read the article the man posted?  I found it informative; some might not, but the guy put a whole lot of study into it.  Some surprising conclusions in it.  Of course, just because they're in print doesn't make them so, but--in this case............. Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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gnoahhh posted this 07 March 2016

Funny anecdote regarding .32 S&W shorts. I once fired one into a telephone pole from about 20 feet away, and the bullet bounced back and hit me in the shin bone. Hurt like heck but didn't tear my jeans and only produced a red mark on my leg...

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RicinYakima posted this 07 March 2016

GP, They are fun little guns, I shoot mine with black powder loads every year. Enjoy it! Ric

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 07 March 2016

hey billg ... i finally set down to read that article and popped up your web page but can't find the article ... can you give the exact url ?? it sounds interesting ..!!

thanks

ken

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John Alexander posted this 07 March 2016

gnoahhh wrote: Funny anecdote regarding .32 S&W shorts. I once fired one into a telephone pole from about 20 feet away, and the bullet bounced back and hit me in the shin bone. Hurt like heck but didn't tear my jeans and only produced a red mark on my leg... I once decided it would be a good idea to provide more ventilation for the 55 gallon drum my parents were using to burn trash by shooting holes in the bottom with my Dad's 32 short Iver Johnson top break double action only.  They didn't penetrate the metal and when I heard the second one tear through the bushes behind me (slow learner) I decided that wasn't such a hot idea.

The trigger pull was about twenty pounds.  Dad once threw a stick into to our pond for a target and missed the pond.

John

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gpidaho posted this 07 March 2016

"Nobody wants to get shot, even a little bit” about sums it up. I was glad to see Midway still has 32 S&W in stock, no shorts to be found in the Daytona area. The little revolver will most likely just be kept as a novelty. Thanks for the comments and stories. Gp

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Brodie posted this 07 March 2016

I was once hit in the fore arm by a ricochet from another shooter during a match.  We were shooting steel plates side by side and he hit the plate turning it, the next shot bounced off and came back to hit me.  It broke the skin and left a heck of a bruise.  Rich , the member I was shooting against, called the match which we later resumed and I did finally beat him.  One of the few high points of my shooting career. Brodie

B.E.Brickey

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oscarflytyer posted this 08 March 2016

have a box of 32 S&W empties if you can use them. shoot me a pm and they are yours.

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billglaze posted this 08 March 2016

Ken:I don't have a url for the specific location of the defense pistol article.  I found it by pure luck on the R.C.G.C. Web site; I don't mind doing so again, but presently I'm on the road with my wife, who insisted we take a few days to go to Myrtle Beach.  (Hey, it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.). This Apple is a not-so-good way of finding an unknown site; when I get back home and can get on the P.C. I'll do so and post the url of the particular page; assuming I can sort it out again) I believe that many of us on the list can benefit hugely from this man's research--he's kinda like the Joe Brennan of the self-defense crowd.<G> Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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Paul Pollard posted this 08 March 2016

Try this. http://www.rcgc.club/resources/An+Alternate+Look+at+Handgun+Stopping+Power.pdf>http://www.rcgc.club/resources/An+Alternate+Look+at+Handgun+Stopping+Power.pdf

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Brodie posted this 08 March 2016

Thank You Paul, that was an excellent read.  I particularly liked that the author made a COMPLETE study and counted everything.  He did not pull any punches and did not try to slant or steer the reader to any particular conclusion. 

That study proves what I have been saying over and over: “Where you hit them is more important than what you hit them with.".  I personally suspect that the number of one shot stops by the shotgun and rifle are due more to accuracy than power.   I have never met anyone who can shoot a pistol better than they can a rifle or shot gun.  Bullet placement works equally well on humans as it does on game.

So we shouldn't look down our noses at the 32's they are equally effective when used properly and accurately.  Myself, I carry a 22 WMR derringer most of the time.  So far it has kept EVERY SINGLE Polar Bear and Rhinoceros away from my door and loved ones. Brodie

B.E.Brickey

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RicinYakima posted this 08 March 2016

Thank you, as I could not find it. Very good research, and there is nothing there to disagree with from my experience. Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy Graduate 1970.

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